Mary Bevan soprano

TBC mezzo

TBC tenor

Neal Davies bass

Choir of King’s College

Britten Sinfonia

Daniel Hyde  conductor

Mozart Requiem

Elgar Serenade for Strings

Stravinsky Mass

Commissioned by a mysterious benefactor, Mozart’s final unfinished work became his own Requiem.

The music shows all Mozart’s operatic flair – from the melancholy opening Requiem chorus, the Lachrymosa’s sad lyrical sighs, to the fear and drama of Judgement Day (Dies Irae). The first performance was given by the same Viennese opera musicians who had premiered The Magic Flute only two months earlier.